List of Carnegie libraries in Arkansas

Eureka Springs Carnegie Library

Fort Smith Carnegie Library

Little Rock Carnegie Library

Morrilton Carnegie Library

Arkansas Carnegie libraries

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Arkansas provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Arkansas, where 4 libraries were built from 4 grants (totaling $138,600) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1906 to 1915.

Key

      Building still operating as a library
      Building standing, but now serving another purpose
      Building no longer standing
      Building listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Carnegie libraries

	Library	City or town	Image	Date granted[1]	Grant amount[1]	Location	Notes
1	Eureka Springs	Eureka Springs		000000001906-04-23-0000Apr 23, 1906	$15,500	194 Spring St. 36°24′27.29″N 93°44′11.88″W / 36.4075806°N 93.7366333°W / 36.4075806; -93.7366333 (Eureka Springs Carnegie Library)	Opened in 1912.
2	Fort Smith	Fort Smith		000000001906-03-24-0000Mar 24, 1906	$25,000	318 N. 13th St. 35°23′8.2″N 94°24′56.92″W / 35.385611°N 94.4158111°W / 35.385611; -94.4158111 (Fort Smith Carnegie Library)	After opening on January 30, 1908, this building was a library until about 1970. Today it houses KFSM-TV, whose production studio is located in an addition to the original structure.[2][3]
3	Little Rock	Little Rock		000000001906-03-24-0000Mar 24, 1906	$88,100	W. 7th St. and S. Louisiana St. 34°44′31.95″N 92°16′23.03″W / 34.7422083°N 92.2730639°W / 34.7422083; -92.2730639 (Little Rock Carnegie Library)	Opening on February 1, 1910, this building was razed in 1964.
4	Morrilton	Morrilton		000000001915-09-20-0000Sep 20, 1915	$10,000	101 W. Church St. 35°9′4.07″N 92°44′43.64″W / 35.1511306°N 92.7454556°W / 35.1511306; -92.7454556 (Morrilton Carnegie Library)	Opened in October 1916, this library continues to serve the community as the Conway County Library.[4]

Notes

References

• Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. 
• Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3. 

Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent. Some details of this list may have been drawn from one of the references (usually Jones) without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.